There will only be one post tonight. That’s because I’m sick. My initial guess was strep throat because my father had it a few days ago, but my throat is feeling better. Now, my head is stuffy, and I have aches and pains.
But no pity for me please. I’ll be fine. […]
There have been some really interesting new books to come out already this year. There’s Bernard Lewis’ The Crisis of Islam which is living up to my expectations. There’s Fareed Zakaria’s The Future of Freedom, which could be the most thought provoking foreign policy book since The End of History. Yale University […]
The White House is willing to phase in tax cuts. The House’s plan of $550 billion and the Senate’s plan of $350 billion are both way below President Bush’s $736 billion plan. With a war and Iraqi reconstruction to be paid for, Bush will have to compromise with squeamish Republicans. John Snow […]
While in Best Buy today I couldn’t resist the DVD of Cannonball Run for $10. After watching it tonight, I have no regrets. It’s a Hollywood mash-up filled with so many celebrities. There are the stars, Burt Reynolds, Farah Faucet, and Dom DeLuise, but you can’t forget Roger Moore, Dean Martin, Sammy […]
In another example that the anti-war movement has lost its marbles, at last Saturday’s ANSWER march in Washington, a protester held a sign that read, “Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, US Out of Iraq”.
“Permanent Protest” [via OxBlog]
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Now that Dr. Atkins died, will his followers go out and eat lots of steaks to salute his high protein/low carbohydrate diet? If so, should I have bought some cattle futures?
“Diet Doctor Knocks Noggin, Expires”
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Dale Petroskey, president of the Baseball Hall of Fame, got the message that his cancellation of the Bull Durham event, where anti-war celebrities Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon, was out of line. In a letter, Petroskey writes,
There was a chance of politics being injected into The Hall during these sensitive times, and I made […]
I’m posting another review of Bernard Lewis’ The Crisis of Islam. David Pryce-Jones wrote this one. Since Lewis is the most respected and visible Islam scholar in the West, any new book from him should be looked at as an event (at least for those with an interest in the national security and […]
Pete Yorn is back with his Day I Forgot. Past music history has looked poorly on second albums of breakout artists, but after a few listenings of Day Yorn won’t go the way of Hootie and the Blowfish. Like his Musicforthemorningafter he continues with his meloncolie pop rock that sounds more like the […]
Australia’s Prime Minister, John Howard wants France’s power on the U.N. Security Council (an oxymoron, especially to freed Iraqis) diminished so that body can be “a far better expression of world opinion.” Howard proposed adding Japan, India, and a South American country in a three-level structure. What will Chirac say when he visits […]
Patrick Ruffini’s weblog is now powered by Movable Type. I’m not the only one who found frustration moving a large weblog over to MT.
For all the sophistication of MT in pure content-management, I found the process of managing the physical data involved in the changeover very cumbersome.
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The rebuilding process could have also gone a […]
Mark Levin holds Democrats accountable. I’m fond of Jimmy Carter’s comments only a few weeks before the war started:
The peace it establishes must be a clear improvement over what exists. Although there are visions of peace and democracy in Iraq, it is quite possible that the aftermath of a military invasion will destabilize the […]
The most shocking news of last week wasn’t the sudden fall of Baghdad. It was CNN’s Eason Jordan admitting in the NY Times that he and his company buried (no pun intended) stories about Saddam’s brutal regime to stay in Iraq. There’s been plenty of weblogging commentary so I’ll just offer this from […]
Military victory has given Tony Blair’s Labour Party a popular boost. 64% to 24% think it was right of Britain to go to war. It just goes to show that being on the right side of a cause even with great public opposition isn’t necessarily politically damaging.
What does this mean for President Bush’s […]
You know the anti-war/anti-American protest are petering out when a march in Washington, D.C. today went to the offices of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. When all else fails, protest globalization.
“Protests Continue But Thousands Gather to Cheer Troops”
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